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Can Hope Help the Homeless?
Winter is beautiful. A semester of hard work comes to a close and students get to go home to spend…
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World War III During Our College Years?
A whisper has been rumbling across our college campus. In the weeks following the effects of radical tension rising between…
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Sold on Sisterhood
If you have ever had the pleasure of watching the movies Pitch Perfect, Neighbors or Legally Blonde, you are privy…
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Can Hope Help the Homeless?
Winter is beautiful. A semester of hard work comes to a close and students get to go home to spend some much-needed time with friends and family. The holidays sneak up on us and send people into a flurry of last-minute gift selections and putting the finishing touches on festive decorations. Whether or not you…
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World War III During Our College Years?
A whisper has been rumbling across our college campus. In the weeks following the effects of radical tension rising between the U.S. and Iran, assumptions are being made by young people. After the assassination of Qasem Soleimani— one of Iran’s most prominent military leaders-nothing has been the same. As headlines of the assassination hit U.S….
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A Tribute to the Life of a Recent Hope College Alumni
Blake Parmer (’18) went home to meet his Heavenly Father unexpectedly in his sleep on December 29, 2019. Many students and faculty on campus were blessed by his presence. As we grieve the tragic loss of a dear friend, we can only scratch the surface of what his beloved family is feeling. Blake continuously showed…
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Are You Thinking About Taking a Gap Year?
Millennials are becoming more and more prone to taking a step back before buying into the “pressures” that universities can exert. Many students have confidence in why they are on campus studying, but others would rather figure it out through hands-on experience before accumulating college debt. Both resolutions are viable. According to the Gap Year…
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How athletes can use the new year to cultivate new habits
Each year, gyms around the United States are bombarded with the optimistic spirits of students, ready to conquer the goals that have yet to be met from previous years. Unfortunately, as their schedules fill up, one by one these students drop out of the “gains gang” to focus on other commitments, inevitably terminating their complicated…
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Hindsight is 20/20, But We Are In the Here and Now
Where were you as the clock counted down and the ball dropped to mark the beginning of not only a new year but a new decade? Were you sipping something bubbly? Lip-locked with a special someone? Or perhaps you were asleep at 10:00 p.m. and totally unaware of the festivities. Regardless of how you spent…
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Sold on Sisterhood
If you have ever had the pleasure of watching the movies Pitch Perfect, Neighbors or Legally Blonde, you are privy to the cinematic depiction of sororities. However, these dramatized displays are nothing close to the tight-knit, philanthropic organizations found on Hope’s campus. Because of the Greek life stereotypes in movies and the media, students on…
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Meet the award-winning writers visiting campus this semester
The long gray Michigan winter may have settled over our campus, but four talented and nationally-recognized writers are arriving to lift us out of the dullness. Over the next few months, two events will bring our college community together around the power of poetry and story. Get ready to be surprised, moved, bewildered and delighted:…
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Hope Theatre Shines at KCACTF
This past weekend, many of Hope College’s Theatre majors and minors traveled to Madison, Wisconsin to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region III, a five day extravaganza created to help encourage and teach theatre students across the country. Over the course of the weekend, students were invited to participate in…
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Celebrating the holidays: When and where?
When to begin celebrating Christmas is a loaded question between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Many people will argue passionately about the right time to listen to Christmas music or when people should put up their tree. But what do people on Hope College’s campus have to say about it? Grant Wagner (’20) believes that Christmastime can…